The Plants + Mushrooms of Eating Wildly

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I’m so happy to announce that Eating Wildly—which was named by Library Journal as one of the Best Books of 2014 (memoir)—is a semi-finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards 2014! The Choice Awards are kind of like the American Idol for books, where every vote counts. (America, please vote for […]

I couldn’t be happier about Eating Wildly being nominated for a #GoodreadsChoice Award 2014 (Food & Cookbook category)! The Choice Awards are chosen by readers like you, so that makes them extra-special—and sort of like the American Idol of Book Awards. (Please America, vote for my book!) If you enjoyed […]

I love onion-y ramps—whether paired with morel mushrooms, sautéed or grilled in pasta, or pickled—and one my favorite activities in the spring is to go foraging for them. On May 13th, the day of my book launch (Eating Wildly), I went into the woods with some dear forager friends and […]

A shorter version of this essay was sent out on a Binders email and appears on Bindersink. I’m writing from a coastal town in southeast England, where sea kale the size of Easter baskets proliferates along the rocky shoreline, and the stinging nettles and blackberries flourish along the hedges. The sea kale is […]

In celebration of #NationalEatYourVegetablesDay, this summer, I’m going to showcase some of the most sustainable wild vegetables that are available and growing all around us, most likely in your backyard, garden, or local park. Wild edibles are higher in phytonutrients—that’s antioxidants, and good, old-fashioned nutrients that are inherent to the […]

What a whirl-wind last few weeks it’s been! Book tour can be exhausting, especially a DIY-tour, which has had me dashing off between coasts (thank you USC English department!) and venues in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Mystic CT. Here are some tour highlights, and tips at the end for avoiding Mommy […]

Happy Publication Day! Last night was the first NYC event for Eating Wildly, and we had a full house at the Corner Bookstore on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. What an amazing night as friends and neighbors came to hear me give a brief reading from the book and a foraging […]

Ah, reviews. I’m no expert on this by any means, but because I’ve worn so many hats through the years as a working writer and performing artist (slam poetry anyone?), where I’ve gotten rave as well as negative reviews, been both buoyed as well as taken to task by online […]

Memoir has its particular challenges, especially if the folks you have written about are still alive. I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently, on the eve of Eating Wildly’s release. My writing students are always asking me about the pitfalls of writing about people you know, and at least […]

Pre-orders are wildly important to the lifespan of any book, and now these beautiful dandelion bookplates are available to anyone who pre-orders a copy of Eating Wildly before the release date, May 13th. To pre-order, use any of the links at the bottom of the Eating Wildly page or on […]

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"Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Love, and the Perfect Meal" (Simon & Schuster) wins 1st Prize in the MFK Fisher Book Awards 2015. Library Journal chose it as one of the "Best Books of 2014" and the Huffington Post named Ava one of "9 Contemporary Authors You Should Be Reading." She was recently featured on PBS' Victory Garden for a segment on urban foraging in NYC. Check out the "Events" page for upcoming events. High-res AUTHOR PHOTOS, radio, and reviews are under the "Press" tab. Ava is happy to talk to book clubs via Skype, depending upon availability. For publicity inquiries contact: Meg Miller at meg.miller@Simonandschuster.com.